Years ago, no math education was complete without understanding how to compute a square root. Today, you are probably just ...

Around 250 B.C., the Greek mathematician Archimedes calculated the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. A precise determination of pi, as we know this ratio today, had long been of ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Most of us have little trouble working out how many milliliters are in 2.4 liters of water (it's 2,400). But the same can't be said when we're asked how many minutes are in 2.4 hours (it's 144).

The 400-pound gold sculpture by Niclas Castello—once touted as “not for sale”—is now tied up in the bankruptcy proceedings of an Austrian billionaire. Niclas Castello's The Castello Cube, made ...

The doubling square trick is a simple mathematical shortcut designed for class 6 to 10 students to make multiplication easier ...

The Doodle shows how the parabola changes with different numbers, making learning math fun and interactive for students.

If you are a small business owner, chances are you either have or need a federal tax ID number, also called an EIN (Employer Identification Number). This is a unique identifier you'll need to ...